LAID TO REST

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 277, 27 November 1935, Page 7

LAID TO REST

LATE EARL JELLICOE FUNERAL AT ST. PAUL’S DISTINGUISHED GATHERING [ British Official Wireless. ] RUGBY, Nov. 25. The funeral of Earl Jellicoe took place at St. Paul’s Cathedral to-day. lhe Prince of Wales represented the King and the Duke of York attended. The Lord Mayor and Corporation of the City of London were present in state for the service.. The grave in the crypt near that of Nelson was lined with laurel leaves interspersed v.ith Flanders poppies and round the wails of the crypt beneath the dome of the Cathedral nearly 1000 wreaths and other floral tributes had been placed. Most of them are of imitation Flanders poppies made by disabled members of the British Legion in accordance with Earl Jellicoe’s own request. A naval guard led. the procession from the Horseguards Parade to the Cathedral, the coffin being carried on a gun-carriage. It was also precoded by massed bands and the captain in charge of the Guards and Chaplain of the Fleet. Following the guncarriage were the chief mourners, insignia bearers, members of the Board of Admiralty, the Royal Navy and Royal Marine officers, representatives of the Secretary for War and of the Air Council, Naval Air Council, naval attaches, naval escort. Royal Marine escort, French naval contingent, army contingent, Royal Air Force contingent, and a contingent of the British Legion. Among the pall-bearers were a field-marshal, marshal of the Royal Air Force, Admiral of Fleet Earl Beatty, and Vice-Admiral Foerster (com-mander-in chief of the German fleet). Dominion’s Represented. In the congregation iu St. Paul's all of the Dominions were represented by their High Commissioners. The Archbishop paid a moving tribute to the dead Admiral as “a great sailor, a great leader, and a great Christian.” A Press Association cable message states that not the least impressive feature was the avenue of British Legionists lining Ludgate Hill, dropping golden branch flags as rhe coffin passed. The procession was of typical British military dignity. The naval gun-car-riage bearing the coffin was covered with a Union Jack and with Earl Jellicoe’s sword and Admiral’s hat. It was followed by a naval detachment. The Prince of Wales and the Duke of York, in naval uniform, were among the chief mourners. The floral tributes, headed by a widow’s cross of Flanders poppies, followed, and after that came a long line of British Admirals and officers, detachments of marines, Grenadier Guards wearing their bearskins, members of the Air Force, a small contingent from the French Navy, and many foreign naval and military representatives, whose uniforms lent the only touch of colour. Among them was the German Vice-Admiral Foerster. Sir James Parr and Mr. S. M. Bruce were present at the Cathedral on behalf of their Governments, each of which sent a wreath of poppies- Mr. H. T. B. Drew represented the New Zealand returned soldiers. Mr. Ernest Gaunt came specially from the Riviera to march in the cortege. Earl Beatty left his sick bed to attend. The pallbearers included Earl Beatty, ViceAdmiral Foerster, and the French ViceAdmiral Durandviel. During the service at the Cathedral Lady Jellicoe, with the youthful schoolboy successor to the title, stood to tho right of the coffin. The Archbishop of Canterbury paid eloquent tribute to Earl Jellicoe, whose favourite hymn, “I Vow to Thee, My Country,” was included in the service, at tho end of which the Prince of Wales and the Duke of York advanced and conversed with the widow. THE KAISER’S TRIBUTE » WREATH SENT LONDON, Nov. 25. Many men who served under Earl Jellicoe and hundreds of women stood in the queue for hc-urs in the crypt of St. Paul’s to file past. More than JUOU wreaths were laid beside Earl Jellicoe’s grave iu w-hich the wife’s wreath was buried. Among others was discovered in gilt letters “lI.W. Second,” which, it was subsequently learned was the Kaiser’s tribute brought to England by his grandson, Prince Frederick, the youngest son of the Crown Prince, who arrived unannounced and attended the i uncial personally and deposited the wreath. Prince Frederick was a great friend of Earl Jellicoe, with whom he stayed at the Isle of Wight during Cowes week. The Kaiser also- telegraphed his sympathy to Lady Jellicoe and family. The initials on the Kaiser’s wreath, lI.W. 11., represent Hcrmine, the exKaiser’s wife, and himself, Wilhelm.